The Jay County Patriots lost a very close dual to the 4A Homestead Spartans 39-40. The dual meet was close to the very end making it an exciting evening of wrestling for both teams. The Patriots will be split on Saturday where the JV Patriots will travel to Ball State University to compete at JV State and the Varsity Patriots will travel to Fort Wayne Concordia to compete in the Wild Bill Invitational. Below are both Varsity and Junior Varsity results from Homestead: Junior Varsity Matches: Andrew Murphy (HOME) over Mitchell Byrum (JACO) (TF 17-0) Carson Tarter (JACO) over Weston Wisel (HOME) (10-6) Drake Potes (HOME) over Braelyn Rathbun (JACO) (F 1:26) Varsity: 144 Hunter Douglas Sr., HOME over Gabe Ardizzone Jr., JACO (F 1:20) 150 Ian Hutchinson (0-0) Sr., HOME over Miles Jones So., JACO (F 1:53) 157 Jacob Robinson Sr., JACO over Christopher Saine (0-0) Sr., HOME (TF 23-7 (4:29)) 165 Caleb Sibray So., JACO over Brandon Pinkston (0-0) Jr., HOME (MD 17-4) 175 Bryan Fields Jr., JACO over Caleb Grayless (0-0) So., HOME (F 1:36) 190 Connar Uhrick (0-0) So., HOME over Forfeit, JACO (FF) 215 Johnny Bair (0-0) So., HOME over Frederick Lingo So., JACO (F 0:48) 285 Spencer Smitley Fr., JACO over Alex Farkas (0-0) Jr., HOME (F 3:15) 106 Corbin Lothridge So., JACO over William Whiteman (0-0) So., HOME (MFF) 113 Drew Heisler (0-0) So., HOME over Bryce Whisler Fr., JACO (F 1:01) 120 Camden Raypole (0-0) So., HOME over Sylas Wenk Sr., JACO (MD 16-6) 126 Alexander Rivers So., JACO over Bryson Eng (0-0) So., HOME (F 1:13) 132 Callen Olry (0-0) So., HOME over Cooper Glassford Jr., JACO (F 4:29) 138 Jason Landers Jr., JACO over Nolan Mangan (0-0) So., HOME (F 1:06)